"Aldeia encantada"
2015-03-15
Astronomy picture of the day - 15-03-2015 - A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Bruenjes (moonglow.net)
Explanation: Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If you did, would you be surprised to find someone else there already? In 2003, the Sun, the Moon, Antarctica, and two photographers all lined up in Antarctica during an unusual total solar eclipse. Even given the extreme location, a group of enthusiastic eclipse chasers ventured near the bottom of the world to experience the surreal momentary disappearance of the Sun behind the Moon. One of the treasures collected was the above picture -- a composite of four separate images digitally combined to realistically simulate how the adaptive human eye saw the eclipse. As the image was taken, both the Moon and the Sun peaked together over an Antarctic ridge. In the sudden darkness, the magnificent corona of the Sun became visible around the Moon. Quite by accident, another photographer was caught in one of the images checking his video camera. Visible to his left are an equipment bag and a collapsible chair. A total solar eclipse will occur on Friday and be visible from the north Atlantic Ocean.
2015-03-14
Aconteceu a 14 de março de...1879 - Nascimento do físico alemão Albert Einstein
A 14 de Março de 1879, nasce, em Ulm, (Alemanha) Albert Einstein, físico alemão que propôs a teoria da relatividade.
Entre Athènes et Berlin, l’escalade des vexations
Jusqu’à présent, Berlin avait réussi à garder son sang-froid. Habitués aux caricatures nazies, les responsables politiques sont restés insensibles aux provocations venant de Grèce.Angela Merkel en uniforme SS, Wolfgang Schäuble, ministre des Finances et chantre de la rigueur en Europe, caricaturé en soldat du IIIe Reich… Les Allemands ont l’habitude. Mais le ton s’est durci cette semaine. Les relations entre Berlin et Athènes se dégradent, alors même que le président de la Commission européenne, Jean-Claude Juncker, ne cachait pas son pessimisme hier après avoir rencontré à Bruxelles le premier ministre grec, Alexis Tsipras.
L’ambassadeur grec a protesté officiellement contre le ministre allemand des Finances, Wolfgang Schäuble, qui aurait «insulté» son homologue grec, Yanis Varoufakis, en le traitant de «bêtement naïf». Berlin a démenti. Mais cette plainte dénote l’atmosphère tendue entre les deux capitales. De son côté, le ministre allemand de l’Intérieur a dû réagir à des menaces venant d’Athènes. Thomas de Maizière a été obligé de réclamer des «explications» sur les menaces de «détourner vers l’Allemagne le flot de réfugiés et de demandeurs d’asile».
La dette de guerre nazie
... (voir la suite sur)...
La Tribune de Genève - Suisse
Le Vanuatu balayé par le violent cyclone PAM
L’archipel du Vanuatu, situé dans l’océan Pacifique, a subi, vendredi 13 mars, les assauts du cyclone Pam, de catégorie 5, le niveau maximal. Aucun bilan officiel n’était établi samedi dans la matinée, mais les Nations unies craignent un nombre important de victimes.
« Quinze ou trente minutes de terreur absolue. » C'est ainsi qu'Alice Clements, porte-parole de l'Unicef, a décrit le passage de Pam sur l'archipel du Vanuatu, vendredi 13 mars. Crédits : AP
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Le Monde - France
Foto - "A vida é uma passagem..." - Aufrery - France - 14-03-2015
"A vida é uma passagem..."
Aufrery, 14-03-2015
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Astronomy picture of the day - 14-03-2015 - Tetons and Snake River, Planet Earth
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)
Explanation: An alluring night skyscape, this scene looks west across the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, Planet Earth. The Snake River glides through the foreground, while above the Tetons' rugged mountain peaks the starry sky is laced with exceptionally strong red and green airglow. That night, the luminous atmospheric glow was just faintly visible to the eye, its color and wavey structure captured only by a sensitive digital camera. In fact, this contemporary digital photograph matches the location and perspective of a well-known photograph from 1942 - The Tetons and The Snake River , by Ansel Adams, renowned photographer of the American West. Adams' image is one of 115 images stored on the Voyager Golden Record. Humanity's message in a bottle, golden records were onboard both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and now headed toward interstellar space.
2015-03-13
Aconteceu a 13 de março de...1964 - Espectaculo de Sylvie Vartan em Lisboa
A 13 de Março de 1964, milhares de jovens aguardam, em Lisboa, junto à entrada do Teatro Monumental, a chegada da cançonetista pop francesa Sylvie Vartan, na altura com 19 anos de idade. A sessão das 18:30 está esgotada. Centenas de rapazes e raparigas procuram obter, a todo o custo, bilhetes para a sessão das 21:30 ou para as duas sessões do dia seguinte, a fim de poder ouvir Sylvie cantar, entre outras, a canção Si je chante.
Este espectáculo, apresentado por Henrique Mendes, conta com a presença da orquestra francesa de Eddie Vartan, Paula Ribas, Victor Gomes com os seus Gatos Negros e Les Fanatic’s. A 15 de Março, seria a vez dos jovens do norte verem ao vivo Sylvie Vartan no Pavilhão dos Desportos. Para além dos artistas que actuaram em Lisboa, o espectáculo do Porto contou ainda com a presença de Armindo Costa, na altura mais conhecido por Armindo Rock, acompanhado por Os Tártaros. Vasco Morgado, organizador desta série de espectáculos integrados no Festival de Ritmos Modernos, pagou a Sylvie Vartan 300 contos por esta sua tournée de 3 dias. Na altura, poder-se-ia comprar com este valor, por exemplo, seis excelentes carros novos de boa qualidade.
Imagens do Mundo - Ciudad Real - Espanha
Panorámica del parque nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel, en Ciudad Real.
Astronomy picture of the day - 13-09-2015 - The Great Wall by Moonlight
Image Credit & Copyright: Francis Audet
Explanation: Last Friday, an almost Full Moon rose as the Sun set, over this mountainous landscape north of Beijing, China. Also near apogee, the farthest point in its elliptical orbit around planet Earth, it was this year's smallest and faintest Full Moon. The Jiankou section of the Great Wall of China meanders through the scene, the ancient Great Wall itself the subject of an older-than-the-space-age myth that it would be visible to the eye when standing on the lunar surface. But even from low Earth orbit, the large scale artifact of human civilization is very difficult to identify. At its farthest from our fair planet, the Moon shines brightly in the twilight sky though, posing in the faint, pinkish band known as the antitwilight arch or the belt of Venus.
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